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30-Jun-2021
Hydrogen energy storage at your service
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL's new Hydrogen Energy Storage Evaluation Tool allows users to examine multiple energy delivery pathways and grid applications to maximize benefits.
28-Jun-2021
Energy technologies move closer to commercial use
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Federal and industry-matched funding will move 11 PNNL technologies closer to commercialization where they will help bolster U.S. competitiveness.
24-Jun-2021
Disaster response and mitigation in an AI world
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL researchers are expanding PNNL's operational Rapid Analytics for Disaster Response (RADR) image analytics and modeling suite to predict the path of fires, floods and other natural disasters, giving first responders an upper hand. The suite utilizes a combination of image-capturing technology (satellite, airborne, and drone images), artificial intelligence, and cloud computing, to not only assess damage but predict it as well.
24-Jun-2021
New, tiny battery powers big insight into fish passage for hydropower
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL scientists developed a tiny battery and tag to track younger, smaller species, to evaluate behavior and estimate survival during downstream migration.
22-Jun-2021
PNNL AI expert harnesses open-source data to understand human behavior
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL researchers used natural language processing and deep learning techniques to reveal how and why different types of misinformation and disinformation spread across social platforms. Applied to COVID-19, the team found that misinformation intended to influence politics and incite fear spreads fastest.
18-Jun-2021
Accelerating the speed of science
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Researchers will be able to design their own computer accelerators for faster analysis of large datasets
16-Jun-2021
An ally for alloys
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Machine learning techniques are accelerating the development of stronger alloys for power plants, which will yield efficiency, cost, and decarbonization benefits.
15-Jun-2021
Internships put futures in flight
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL intern Ki Ahn spent this past year as an undergraduate at PNNL gaining hands-on research experience in clean energy storage technologies for vehicles and aviation. Ahn is enrolling in Stanford University this fall to finish his bachelor's degree. With plans to major in mechanical engineering or computer science, he wants to explore how future aircraft technologies can be designed to reduce harmful environmental effects.
15-Jun-2021
Efficient dehumidifier makes air conditioning a breeze
DOE/Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryNew energy-efficient dehumidifier technology holds promise to reduce energy consumption in residential A/C systems and increase the range of electric vehicles.